Signum
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Unanimity of phrasing and clean intonation are two strengths of the six Singers. They lend an extra degree of textural clarity to the modern harmonies of Judith Bingham's Ave Virgo Sanctissima,... —
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A Ceremony of Carols
Laurence John, Lucy Wakeford (harp), The Choir of the Queen's College Oxford, Owen Rees
Light, agile and bright, The Queen’s Choir are a good advertisement for the traditional Oxbridge sound. Their upper voices – no countertenors here, incidentally – are fresh and agile, youthful... —
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The choral blend and recorded balance are of demonstration quality. The music has a predominantly slow harmonic pulse, where vocal lines can float, suspensions can melt and the listener can... —
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In glorious sound, the Armonico Consort presents a selection of large choral works, with a handful of pieces by Bingen, delivered with delicacy. A total delight. —
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Women in Classics
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Eugene Asti (piano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Heather Shipp, Lech Napierała, Heather Shripp (mezzo-soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Linda Perillo (soprano), Min-Jung Kym, Daniella Ganeva, David Miller (lute), Grace Davidson...
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This recording focuses on sacred works by Dufay from a 15th-century manuscript preserved at Bologna and known as Q15. This is a complex source, compiled over a number of years in northern Italy,... —
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Signum Anniversary Series: Early Music Collection
Gabrieli Consort & Players, OAE & Charivari Agréable
Kings Singers
a colourful shop window from which we can pick and choose. —
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There are treasures [here] not least the rapt performances of Cornelius’s The Three Kings, where Peter Lidbetter is an eloquent soloist, and a delicately inflected, touching account of Elizabeth... —
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The Tree
Joseph Wicks, Jack Ross, John Challenger, Glen Dempsey, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Yale Schola Cantorum, Andrew Nethsingha, David Hill, Christopher Robinson
An album of hope for recovery. Andrew Nethsingha is explicit in his eloquent booklet essay that this latest well-crafted and beautifully sung disc from the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge... —
